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The Irish Sun
13-06-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Lucky Irish punter nabs €500k in Lotto as winning county revealed as EuroMillions €250million jackpot set to be won
A LUCKY player is celebrating after bagging the mega prize in tonight's draw - as Lotto bosses reveal the county of the winning ticket. The 1 The lucky winner in Dublin has bagged the massive prize of €500,000 Credit: Getty Images - Getty The The location where the winning ticket was purchased in However, it is expected to be revealed over the weekend. The winning numbers in tonight's draw were 5, 25, 35, 37 and 45. READ MORE ON LOTTO But that's not the only winner of the draw, as 151 winners claimed a huge prize of €2,000 while 5318 players bagged €20 each. Meanwhile, the A "Must Be Won" draw will be triggered on Friday, June 20, where a lucky winner will become a mega millionaire, even richer than This means that the money will have to be given to someone that night. Most read in The Irish Sun Players can therefore win the huge sum of cash, without matching all five numbers and two lucky stars. If no one matches the five numbers and two lucky stars, the fund will roll down to the next tier, meaning anyone who matches five numbers and one lucky star will share the eye-watering prize. We run 'world's luckiest shop' & have sold 3 winning lotto tickets in 6 months If no one is a winner in this tier, then players who have matched just the five main numbers will share the prize. The jackpot will keep moving down a tier until there is a winner. Tonight's winning numbers were 2, 28, 40, 43 and 45, and the two lucky stars were 3 and 7. Only two players managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning themselves €1,558 each. Lastly, the Ireland only raffle numbers were drawn for the whopping prize of €5,000. The winning raffle numbers were: I-SGQ-61356, I-SGQ-85157, I-SGW-40024, I-SGW-42372, I-SGW-60123, I-SGW-74872, I-SHB-54750, I-SHB-77164, I-SHC-14529 and I-SHF-71955. The lucky winners are asked to keep their tickets safe and contact the Lotto HQ claim office to redeem their prizes. They have up to 90 days from the day of the winning draw to claim their prize. WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH €19 MILLION? WINNING tonight's €19 million jackpot would be instantly life-changing. But what could you buy if you took home tonight's top prize? WORLD'S SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CAR The world's second-most expensive car is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which goes for a whopping €18,700,000. You'd have around €300,000 of your winnings left over for maintenance. 126 NIGHTS IN THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL The world's most expensive hotel is the Lover's Deep Luxury Submarine Hotel in St Lucia. The submarine-come hotel is underwater and can move around the Caribbean at the guest's request. However, it costs a whopping €125,000 a night, meaning if you won tonight's jackpot you could stay there for 126 nights. 316 WALKING STICKS BELONGING TO MICHAEL COLLINS A walking stick belonging to Irish hero Michel Collins was sold at an auction in Belfast yesterday for £52,000 (€60,000). If you won the €19 million jackpot, theoretically you could afford to buy the walking stick 316 times. 42 TRIPS TO SPACE WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic project to create space tourism is almost a reality. Tickets for a space flight seat currently start at $450,000 (€386,000) meaning you could take 49 trips to space and back with the €19 million winnings. 6,552 ARSENAL SEASON TICKETS Arsenal currently have the most expensive season tickets out of any Premier League club. The Gunners' most expensive season ticket for home games this season will set you back £2,545 (€2,900). However, if you won tonight's top prize you could buy that season ticket for yourself and 6,551 friends.
The Irish Sun
31-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Lucky Irish punter nabs ‘life-enhancing' €225k in final EuroMillions special draw as winning ticket location revealed
A LUCKY player is celebrating after bagging the final eye-watering prize in Friday night's draw - as Lotto bosses reveal location the ticket was sold. The EuroMillions player has scooped a whopping €225,000. 1 A lucky player has scooped themselves a huge prize of €255,000 Credit: Getty The The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw from Duffy's Service Station on Turlough Road in Castlebar, Co The winning raffle number in last night's The Mayo winner has claimed Ireland's ninth and final READ MORE ON LOTTERY The limited series of special EuroMillions draws was designed to guarantee nine players a huge prize of €225,000 for all nine draws, every Tuesday and Friday during May. The previous winners were from A spokesperson for the National Lottery, Emma Monaghan, said: "While there was no winner of last night's EuroMillions jackpot worth €218,316,095, over 81,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the EuroMillions and EuroMillions plus games. "This includes one Raffle Ticket winner: I- SDZ-53784 from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, who scooped a life-enhancing €255,000 in our special EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle draw." Most read in The Irish Sun While there were no winners of the EuroMillions jackpot in last night's draw, which could have made someone €218,316,095 richer. The EuroMillions numbers drawn in the main draw were 4, 7, 14, 33, 36 with 1 and 5 as lucky stars. We run 'world's luckiest shop' & have sold 3 winning lotto tickets in 6 months Only one player managed to match four numbers and two stars, winning themselves a huge prize of €1,557. LIFE-CHANGING PRIZE Meanwhile, a Lotto punter is The lucky winner has scooped a whopping €250,000 prize. The The winning numbers for the Those lucky numbers for the main Lotto draw were 6, 8, 11, 21, 40, 41 and the bonus was 17. There was no winner of the Lotto jackpot worth €5,386,328. Over 65,000 players won prizes in the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws. There was also no winner of the Lotto Plus 1 top prize worth of €1,000.000. WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH €19 MILLION? WINNING tonight's €19 million jackpot would be instantly life-changing. But what could you buy if you took home tonight's top prize? WORLD'S SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CAR The world's second-most expensive car is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which goes for a whopping €18,700,000. You'd have around €300,000 of your winnings left over for maintenance. 126 NIGHTS IN THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL The world's most expensive hotel is the Lover's Deep Luxury Submarine Hotel in St Lucia. The submarine-come hotel is underwater and can move around the Caribbean at the guest's request. However, it costs a whopping €125,000 a night, meaning if you won tonight's jackpot you could stay there for 126 nights. 316 WALKING STICKS BELONGING TO MICHAEL COLLINS A walking stick belonging to Irish hero Michel Collins was sold at an auction in Belfast yesterday for £52,000 (€60,000). If you won the €19 million jackpot, theoretically you could afford to buy the walking stick 316 times. 42 TRIPS TO SPACE WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic project to create space tourism is almost a reality. Tickets for a space flight seat currently start at $450,000 (€386,000) meaning you could take 49 trips to space and back with the €19 million winnings. 6,552 ARSENAL SEASON TICKETS Arsenal currently have the most expensive season tickets out of any Premier League club. The Gunners' most expensive season ticket for home games this season will set you back £2,545 (€2,900). However, if you won tonight's top prize you could buy that season ticket for yourself and 6,551 friends.
The Irish Sun
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Lucky Irish player scoops €255k in EuroMillions special draw as bosses reveal location that nabbed the winning ticket
NINE LUCKY Irish EuroMillion players are guaranteed to take home a whopping prize of €255,000 across the month of May. The new series of special Advertisement 1 A lucky player has scooped themselves a huge prize of €255,000 Credit: Getty Images - Getty Usually, every EuroMillions draw guarantees ten winners of the €5,000 Ireland Only Raffle prize, but this month, nine players get an additional €250,000 as part of the special event. And there has been a first lucky winner of the new series, bagging themselves a whopping prize of €255,000 from Friday night's The lucky winner is located in the capital. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on April 29 from Supervalu Killester on Howth Road in Advertisement READ MORE ON LOTTO The winning raffle number is I-RZR-24209. Darragh O'Dwyer, "With eight more €250,000 EuroMillions Ireland Only Raffle top up wins guaranteed, it's shaping up to be an unforgettable month for our EuroMillions players." Last night, Advertisement Most read in The Irish Sun Exclusive In total, over 42,000 players in Ireland won prizes in the While there was no winner of the overall €97m jackpot, one Irish player is bringing home a nice lump sum. We run 'world's luckiest shop' & have sold 3 winning lotto tickets in 6 months The National Lotto bosses have confirmed that the €500,000 winning ticket was sold in Advertisement The lucky player is celebrating the huge Tonight's winning numbers were 5, 30, 31, 37 and 40. A total of 60 players in tonight's Lotto are also gaining an extra €20,000 in their bank accounts. There was no winner in the main Euromillions jackpot. Advertisement The numbers pulled in tonight's Euromillions draw were 3, 5, 19, 21 and 49. The Lucky Stars drawn were 1 and 10. WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH €19 MILLION? WINNING tonight's €19 million jackpot would be instantly life-changing. But what could you buy if you took home tonight's top prize? WORLD'S SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CAR The world's second-most expensive car is the Bugatti La Voiture Noire which goes for a whopping €18,700,000. You'd have around €300,000 of your winnings left over for maintenance. 126 NIGHTS IN THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL The world's most expensive hotel is the Lover's Deep Luxury Submarine Hotel in St Lucia. The submarine-come hotel is underwater and can move around the Caribbean at the guest's request. However, it costs a whopping €125,000 a night, meaning if you won tonight's jackpot you could stay there for 126 nights. 316 WALKING STICKS BELONGING TO MICHAEL COLLINS A walking stick belonging to Irish hero Michel Collins was sold at an auction in Belfast yesterday for £52,000 (€60,000). If you won the €19 million jackpot, theoretically you could afford to buy the walking stick 316 times. 42 TRIPS TO SPACE WITH VIRGIN GALACTIC Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic project to create space tourism is almost a reality. Tickets for a space flight seat currently start at $450,000 (€386,000) meaning you could take 49 trips to space and back with the €19 million winnings. 6,552 ARSENAL SEASON TICKETS Arsenal currently have the most expensive season tickets out of any Premier League club. The Gunners' most expensive season ticket for home games this season will set you back £2,545 (€2,900). However, if you won tonight's top prize you could buy that season ticket for yourself and 6,551 friends.
